Definition of intractable Intractable
/ɪntɹæˈktʌbʌl/ - [intraktubul] - in•trac•ta•ble
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What does intractable mean?
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| intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" | ||
| manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler | ||
| defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" | ||
| disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" | ||
| stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | ||
| difficult, unmanageable not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" | ||
| untamed, wild deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" | ||
| tractability, tractableness, flexibility the trait of being easily persuaded | ||
| balking, balky stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer" | ||
| stubborn, refractory tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | ||
| uncontrollable, unmanageable incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- intractable (Adjective)
Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intractable (a.)
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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intractable
Not easy to be drawn or guided by persuasion. -
intractable
Of a problem. Can be solved in theory (e.g., given arbitrarily long time), but which in practice takes too long for their solutions to be useful.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intractable
in-trakt′a-bl, adj. unmanageable: obstinate.—ns. Intractabil′ity, Intract′ableness.—adv. Intract′ably
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